Tag Archives: peace

We Are Not Alone in Death

Posted on August 24, 2025 by mitchteemley

What a strange era we find ourselves in. 2025 is, in many ways, comparable to the world war years. Reminders of human mortality assault us daily. Still, death has always been with us, as Seneca the Younger observed in the … Continue reading →

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Here’s the Recipe for Perfect Peace

Posted on July 27, 2025 by mitchteemley

There’s a wise and ancient recipe: Desire nothing and you shall have peace Wise, yes But incomplete Here’s how to complete it: Desire nothing but God and you shall have perfect peace θ Tomorrow, Monday morning at 8:00 a.m., I’m … Continue reading →

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Looking Back: Ten Years Ago Today

Posted on July 14, 2025 by mitchteemley

Image by Johannes Plenio Thought for the Week Oh, how the world has changed. Ten years ago, I’d just seen Pixar’s Inside Out and cried like a baby; president Obama was normalizing relations with other countries; and Donald Trump had … Continue reading →

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We Will Walk Together Again

Posted on July 13, 2025 by mitchteemley

We will walk together again, my friend, if not in this kingdom, then in the next. And when we do, O, the stories we will tell! ∞

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My Hunger for an Abiding Love

Posted on July 1, 2025 by mitchteemley

My Real Memoir Monday. Everyone wanted to know the name of “the lady from Brooklyn” who’d hijacked the opening of my play the previous weekend. She’d pulled a prop door over on herself. Screamed. Run out of the theatre. And … Continue reading →

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Blessed Are the Peacemakers

Posted on May 21, 2025 by mitchteemley

“Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called the children of God.” ~Matthew 5:9 ≅

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How to Change the World: Step One

Posted on May 18, 2025 by mitchteemley

“For the prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective.” ~James 5:16 Prayer changes people, and people changed by prayer change the world. ~AΩ~

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This is Why Time Cannot Be Kept

Posted on April 3, 2025 by mitchteemley

Salvador Dali had it right: Clocks cannot be trusted. Not because they keep poor time, but because time cannot be kept. Instead, it keeps us in cages made of minutes. And yet the solution is not to escape, but to … Continue reading →

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He Who Watches Over You Will Not Slumber

Posted on March 9, 2025 by mitchteemley

“He who watches over you will not slumber.” ~Psalm 121:3 ∴

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Happy New Year – Do Not be Afraid!

Posted on January 1, 2025 by mitchteemley

Day 1 of 365. Gulp. Few years in recent memory have begun with more apprehension about the state of our world. It’s been said that some variation of the phrase “do not be afraid” appears 365 time in the Bible–once … Continue reading →

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